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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "The most beloved fasting to Allah was the fasting of (the Prophet) David
who used to fast on alternate days. And the most beloved prayer to Allah was the prayer of David who
used to sleep for (the first) half of the night and pray for 1/3 of it and (again) sleep for a sixth of it."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 60, Hadith 92
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "I have been informed that you pray all the nights and observe fast all the
days; is this true?" I replied, "Yes." He said, "If you do so, your eyes will become weak and you will
get bored. So fast three days a month, for this will be the fasting of a whole year, or equal to the
fasting of a whole year." I said, "I find myself able to fast more." He said, "Then fast like the fasting
of (the Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days and would not flee on facing the enemy."
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I asked Ibn `Abbas, "Should we perform a prostration on reciting Surat-Sa`d?" He recited (the Sura)
including: 'And among his progeny, David, Solomon..(up to)...so follow their guidance (6.84-91) And
then he said, "Your Prophet is amongst those people who have been ordered to follow them (i.e. the
preceding apostles).